2022/23 Frank Lampard

[MikeH72]

Why is he still here?

 

[chippy1722]

It's rare. I remember Gordon Strachan at Middlesbrough resigning for that purpose.

You get some like Klopp with Dortmund who resign because they've had enough. I reckon he'll do the same with them rather than take a pay out.

You get others like Rodgers at Leicester who don't want to be there and waiting for the pay off. I think Lampard does want to stay and turn it around.

Lampard won’t resign and nor should he.
He knows this effectively ends his PL management career so will hang on in the hope he can somehow turn it around.

 

[BlueToff]

3 wins in 20 games.

FFS, I know he was denied proper striker reinforcements and the team aren't exactly vintage Everton or anywhere near it, but you cant play 20 times in this league and win 3 games and stay in a job. I backed him right up until that Wolves game, but enough is enough.

He showed on a few occasions that we could set up for a spirited draw. He should have done so more often. And a professional manager - a mature one - looks at certain games like we've had recently (in-game) and just takes what's on offer after being pegged back: Wolves and S'ton need not have been defeats but draws and we'd be 14th today instead of the relegation zone.

Leaving him in charge has created a crisis at this club. To continue his stay is appalling.

Strong disagree here.

Lampard has not created this mess. He is a symptom of it, as are the dreadful players and a DoF who in my opinion is way out of his depth.

That's not to say he should stay.

 

[Blue peter]

I dont think we can afford to pay Frank off TBH ....

Well whats the lesser of two evils? Not being able to afford to pay him off or not being able to afford relegation and the potential costs of the new stadium?

 

[billyblue80]

He will go just wish they'd get on with it

 

[Evertonthat]

I fear that relegation will mean we turn into the next Sunderland/Bolton/Leeds/Newcastle (before their buy out). Theres no assurances at all thet we would bounce back up. It could be years.

 

[billyblue80]

The problem is that idiot owner of ours came out two days on the bounce banging on about how he back lampard.

So now he sacks him which is the right thing to do but makes him look like a fool and pulls everything he said in the interview and open letter into questions.

Or he keeps hold of him which is basically sealing our fate game by game.

The board aren't going to be any help as their hiding in a underground bunker kacking themselves over the Huyton headlocker.

So will he Swallow his pride and make himself look like a fool or will his ego rule out and he'll let us slip into oblivion?

He sacked Benitez a week after backing him last season

 

[billyblue80]

I fear that relegation will mean we turn into the next Sunderland/Bolton/Leeds/Newcastle (before their buy out). Theres no assurances at all thet we would bounce back up. It could be years.

All with the albatross of a new stadium we would go into administration

 

[davek]

As bad as that is, in addition it’s also the manner in some of the defeats and the fact that in the mini league we have we have played three of the bottom 5 teams and been beaten by all of them including two at home - it beggars belief that he hasn’t been shown the door - of all the times to twist rather than stick this is it but once again they are doing the wrong thing

It's almost like Moshiri is saying: "well, you all told me last season you wanted stability in the manager's chair...so I'm going to give it to you".

 

[pedro789]

Maybe we don't have money to sack him + staff, but this squad isn't as bad as the position we're in.

Yes we need more attacking/creative players, but there's solid international players throughout the squad.

No idea who'd want to come but we've got to give ourselves some chance of staying up.

Anyone we go for is a gamble - Dyche, Celtic boss, Carrick, Frankfurt + Sociedad both doing great this season.

Think any of them would do better.

 

[davek]

Strong disagree here.

Lampard has not created this mess. He is a symptom of it, as are the dreadful players and a DoF who in my opinion is way out of his depth.

That's not to say he should stay.

That's what I said.

 

[hktoffee]

they’re is NO positives in relegation
what is it with some of you. ffs

They may want League 1 and pretend it’s good to have a re-set and the team is made up by 11 McNeil.

 

[BlueToff]

That's what I said.

You said he has caused the crisis, in that bit in bold. This club has been in crisis for most of the past two years. Ultimately there's one man responsible for that. He's also the one person who can make the call on Lampard.

 

[hktoffee]

Why is he still here?

Yes and we will lose to West Ham if he is still here on 21st.

 

[davek]

You said he has caused the crisis, in that bit in bold. This club has been in crisis for most of the past two years. Ultimately there's one man responsible for that. He's also the one person who can make the call on Lampard.

No, I said backing him to the bitter end has caused this crisis.

I've argued many times that he is not the central reason for where we are.